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Genetown

Synspira Announces Abstracts Evaluating New Treatment Options for Cystic Fibrosis Complications Accepted for Presentation at the 32nd Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference

Synspira, a privately held company developing a new class of inhaled glycopolymer-based therapeutics for the treatment of pulmonary disease, today announced that three abstracts have been accepted for presentation at the 32nd Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (

October 12, 2018
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Deals

Varian Expands Cancer Care Portfolio with Noona Healthcare Acquisition

Varian (NYSE: VAR) today announced the acquisition of privately-held software company Noona Healthcare, developer of a cloud-based, mobile service designed to capture cancer patient-reported outcomes (PROs).

October 12, 2018
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Deals

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Stock Trading Halted; FDA Advisory Committee to Review DSUVIA New Drug Application

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that NASDAQ has halted trading of the company’s common stock.

October 12, 2018
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Deals

Internet Brands’ WebMD Acquires prIME Oncology

WebMD Health Corp., an Internet Brands company and the leader in health information services for physicians and consumers, today announced that it has acquired prIME Oncology, a leading provider of independent medical education in oncology.

October 12, 2018
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Business

Bio-Techne Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Micropoint Bioscience

Bio-Techne has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Micropoint Bioscience of Shenzhen, China.

October 12, 2018
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Biotech Bay

Cerus Announces Schedule of Presentations at the 2018 AABB Annual Meeting

Cerus Corporation (Nasdaq: CERS) announced today its schedule of key events and presentations at the 2018 AABB Annual Meeting which is taking place in Boston on October 13 through October 16.

October 12, 2018
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Job Trends

PathogenDx Launches the World’s First Quantitative Microarray Test for Cannabis

PathogenDx, Inc., the innovative provider of DNA-based pathogen testing technology for the cannabis industry, announced today the release of the first quantitative microarray-based test for cannabis, PDx-Quant™,

October 12, 2018
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BioMidwest

Plexus Technology Group Announces its Ability to Fully Integrate with MEDITECH’s Expanse EHR at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2018

Plexus Technology Group, LLC (Plexus TG), a best-of-breed provider of anesthesia information management systems (AIMS), is pleased to announce it will be exhibiting at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2018 annual meeting in San Francisco, CA.

October 12, 2018
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Business

BDD Appoints Ex-AstraZeneca VP Joanne Kelley as Non-executive Director to the Board

BDD today announced the appointment of Joanne Kelley as Non-executive Director of the Board.

October 12, 2018
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Pharm Country

Delta Dental Community Care Foundation awards $50,000 grant to HACC Foundation

The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation recently awarded the HACC Foundation a $50,000 grant to upgrade dental equipment in its dental clinic at the Harrisburg Campus of HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College.

October 12, 2018
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